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	Amend CSHB 162 as follows:                                                   

(1)  On page 1, add the following appropriately numbered 	SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION __.  The heading to Section 81.048, Health and 
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.048.  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL, PEACE 
OFFICERS, DETENTION OFFICERS, COUNTY JAILERS, AND FIRE FIGHTERS.
	(2)  On page 1, line 6, between "by" and "adding" insert 
"amending Subsections (b) and (c) and".
	(3)  On page 1, between lines 6 and 7, insert:                                 
	(b)  Notice of a positive test result for a reportable 
disease designated under Subsection (a) shall be given to an 
emergency medical service personnel, peace officer, detention 
officer, county jailer, or fire fighter as provided by this section 
if:
		(1)  the emergency medical service personnel, peace 
officer, detention officer, county jailer, or fire fighter 
delivered a person to a hospital as defined by Section 74.001, Civil 
Practice and Remedies Code [1.03, Medical Liability and Insurance 
Improvement Act of Texas (Article 4590i, Vernon's Texas Civil 
Statutes)];
		(2)  the hospital has knowledge that the person has a 
reportable disease and has medical reason to believe that the 
person had the disease when the person was admitted to the hospital; 
and
		(3)  the emergency medical service personnel, peace 
officer, detention officer, county jailer, or fire fighter was 
exposed to the reportable disease during the course of duty.
	(c)  Notice of the possible exposure shall be given:                           
		(1)  by the hospital to the local health authority;                           
		(2)  by the local health authority to the director of 
the appropriate department of the entity that employs the emergency 
medical service personnel, peace officer, detention officer, 
county jailer, or fire fighter; and
		(3)  by the director to the employee affected.                                
	(4)  On page 1, line 11, between "officer," and "or" insert 
"a detention officer, a county jailer,".